Chapter 439: Chapter 380: Shake the Tree and See What Falls

"I know Lin Yu is your brother. He’s the one who came to me and tried to persuade me to join the Blood Handprint!"

"Now he’s the person in charge of Xinghai City!"

"He’s mainly responsible for all of the Blood Handprint’s affairs!"

"Especially personnel deployment and future plans..."

Lin Yi looked at the list in his hand.

At least thirty more members of the Blood Handprint had yet to be apprehended.

And at the very top were the two words: ’Lin Yu’.

Commander of the Xinghai City Blood Handprint...

Seeing this title, Lin Yi couldn’t help but laugh.

’I can’t believe he actually managed to snag a title!’

Li Xuewen looked up at Lin Yi.

"These are all the high-ranking members of the Blood Handprint that I know of!"

"The people you guys arrested not long ago were actually just low-level members of the Blood Handprint!"

"Some of them don’t even count as members. They were simply bought off."

"However, I heard before that there’s an expert by Lin Yu’s side, with a high Martial Arts Realm!"

"He only takes orders from Lin Yu. Trying to make a move on him will probably be troublesome!"

After Li Xuewen finished speaking, Lin Yi nodded. "Xuewen, I might need you to do me another favor."

Hearing this, Li Xuewen was stunned for a moment before nodding. "Alright. Tell me, what is it?"

"I need you to stay undercover in the Blood Handprint and try to dig up more information for me!"

"Especially news about Bard!"

As soon as he said that, Li Xuewen shot his head up to look at Lin Yi.

"Bard? The Blood Envoy?"

Lin Yi nodded. "That’s right, him. Can you do it?"

Li Xuewen’s brow furrowed deeply. "To be honest, I’m not very confident. It seems even your brother can’t directly contact Bard!"

"And from what I’ve heard, Bard is an elusive person whose whereabouts are always uncertain!"

"Oh, right, there’s also a rumor that... this Bard isn’t actually a foreigner!"

"Hmm?"

Lin Yi froze, whipping his head up to look at Li Xuewen.

"Bard isn’t a foreigner?"

"That’s right. In fact, the members of the Blood Handprint don’t even know what Bard looks like, or if he’s a man or a woman!"

"No one has ever truly seen him, let alone spoken to him face-to-face!"

"They say the way he gives orders is also very strange!"

"Sometimes it’s by letter, sometimes by passing a note, sometimes by phone, and so on..."

"The Blood Handprint in the Old District operates with each cell for itself, all led by their local commanders!"

"In other words, Bard gives orders to those commanders, but he’s a complete ghost!"

This piece of information from Li Xuewen was crucial.

Before this, everyone, Lin Yi included, had assumed that this Bard was a foreigner.

Because the position of Blood Envoy is high-ranking within the Blood Handprint, equivalent to being the CEO of a major region.

He’s mainly responsible for managing the affairs of an entire region.

So for such an important position, how could the upper echelons of the Blood Handprint possibly entrust it to someone who wasn’t one of their own?

This had misled the judgment of Lin Yi and his team.

Their firm belief was that Bard was a foreigner.

But Li Xuewen’s words today were like a wake-up call for Lin Yi.

’Even if what he said isn’t necessarily true, who could guarantee that Bard is definitely a foreigner? Can we be certain he’s a foreigner based solely on a title and a name? We haven’t even figured out if he’s a man or a woman...’

Lin Yi nodded. "Xuewen, asking you to go back and stay undercover by Lin Yu’s side might be dangerous."

"The Lin Yu of today... I don’t know him anymore!"

"His personality, his temperament—I know nothing about them at all!"

"Staying undercover by his side could be dangerous, even fatal... Of course, you can refuse."

At these words, Li Xuewen smiled and shook his head. "I’m not afraid of dying."

"To tell you the truth, when I received my college rejection letter, I actually thought about killing myself, about escaping this world!"

"If it weren’t for my little sister and my parents, you probably wouldn’t have even seen me when you came back this time... I only have one condition. If something really happens to me!"

"Take my sister and my parents away. Let them live in the New District!"

"Can you do that?"

A look of anticipation shone in Li Xuewen’s eyes.

He looked at Lin Yi, waiting for his answer.

After a long moment, Lin Yi nodded. "Yes. I will definitely bring them to the New District to live."

"Thank you..."

A faint smile crossed Li Xuewen’s face.

After a slight nod, a sense of relief was clearly visible in his eyes.

This was his only remaining worry.

Now that he had Lin Yi’s promise, all his anxiety and concerns vanished.

He trusted Lin Yi’s character; if he promised something, he would definitely do it.

"Alright, thanks for the hot pot today!"

"This is the first time I’ve been this full in a long time!"

"I have to get back now, or Lin Yu will get suspicious!"

"That brother of yours is extremely paranoid. He doesn’t trust anyone, not even himself.

So, if you happen to run into him, don’t believe a word he says!"

"He’s a skilled actor. His eyes, his words, even his work—it’s all an act!"

After Li Xuewen finished speaking with a smile, he put his sunglasses, mask, and hat back on.

Then he left, walking out of the hot pot restaurant alone.

And just as he left, Wei Shang sat down in the seat Li Xuewen had just vacated.

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